---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-045132"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KKR"
cik: "0001404912"
company_name: "KKR & Co. Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:44:06.103742+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KKR & Co. Inc. vests 150,000 shares for departing CLO Sorkin; Sudol to succeed

## Summary
- Board approves accelerated vesting of 150,000 shares of common stock previously granted to David Sorkin, CLO, vesting May 1, 2026 without continued employment.
- Remaining 150,000 shares from original 300,000 grant forfeited immediately.
- Sorkin to step down as Chief Legal Officer by end of Q1 2023; Kathryn King Sudol, General Counsel and Secretary, to assume role.
- Vested awards subject to standard 1- and 2-year transfer restrictions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-045132
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KKR
- cik: 0001404912
- company_name: KKR & Co. Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036122045132/0001140361-22-045132-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036122045132/brhc10045233_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathryn King Sudol was appointed as Chief Legal Officer at KKR & Co. Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: Kathryn King Sudol, the Company's General Counsel and Secretary, will assume the role of the Company's Chief Legal Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036122045132/0001140361-22-045132-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Sorkin departed as Chief Legal Officer at KKR & Co. Inc..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: Mr. Sorkin’s previously announced plans to step down as Chief Legal Officer by the end of the first quarter of 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036122045132/0001140361-22-045132-index.htm

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